2002 DRI News Releases

Carl Young awarded 2002 Sierra Pacific Fellowship to study severe storm processes - December 30, 2002

Local teachers join statewide, national WeatherNet system in DRI program to enhance science and math instruction. - December 12, 2002

DRI Awards Maxey Fellowship to Marija Grabasnjak - December 6, 2002

Dr. Barbara Zielinska receives DRI's 2002 Dandini Medal of Science - December 3, 2002

DRI Vice President for Research Jim Coleman appointed vice provost for research at University of Missouri-Columbia - November 26, 2002

National Academy of Sciences appoints DRI Scientist Judith Chow to Environmental Studies Board - November 20, 2002

UNR Engineering Professor Misra wins $25,000 Gunnerman Award - November 7, 2002

DRI's 2002 Peter B. Wagner Memorial Award goes to University of Washington Ph. D. student - October 31, 2002

United Nations appoints DRI scientist to "Group of Experts" investigating desertification - October 24, 2002

DRI appoints Dr. John J. Warwick Water Resources Division director - October 17, 2002

Dr. Xiaolong "Bill" Hu receives DRI's 2002 Wagner "Young Scientist" Award - October 1, 2002

Second GreenPower Project to be Unveiled at Hyde Park Middle School September 23rd - September 23, 2002

NSF grant funds DRI atmospheric instrument development - August 26, 2002

DRI archaeologists edit book on preserving the material culture of 20th Century Conflicts - August 5, 2002

DRI holds groundbreaking for Southern Nevada Science Center Phase II - June 29, 2002

Scientists from around the world gather in Reno to discuss advanced methods for archaeological, geological and paleoclimatological dating - June 21, 2002

DRI Archaeologist writes field guide on native plants of southern Nevada - June 7, 2002

DRI Scientist Dr. Judith Chow to receive major international award for air quality research - May 31, 2002

Dr. Leland Tarnay receives DRI's Colin Warden Award - April 30, 2002

Anderson, Costello, SBC Nevada Bell and Nevada Development Authority Awarded Desert Research Institute President's Medals - April 9, 2002

Las Vegas Nevada Medal Lecture Scheduled: "An Easterner's View of a Westerner's View of Land and Water" - March 12, 2002

Reno Nevada Medal Lecture Scheduled: "An Easterner's View of a Westerner's View of Land and Water" - March 12, 2002

Johns Hopkins University Professor M. Gordon Wolman to receive DRI's 2002 Nevada Medal - February 12, 2002